Differences Between the NSZ-GS7 and New NSZ-GS8??

I am would like to buy from amazon four Sony NSZ-GS7 Google TV Players (priced from US$85.00 to US$100.00, used like new - condition), but have noted that SONY discontinued this NSZ-GS7 Model and now they Only offer the NSZ-GS8?

Google has stated that all second generation GTV devices will get the Jellybean update. The Sony NSZ-GS8 is a second generation GTV device. As far as timing - the news articles back in May mentioned that the Jellybean update would roll out in the third quarter. However I don't think the timeline is set in stone. I saw a few articles more recently that said the Jellybean update would be rolled out "by-the-end-of-year". I remember Google kept missing time projections several times for the GTV Honeycomb update. We'll just have to wait and see.

So Apparently both the GS7 and the GS8 MAIN Unit are identical and only the remote is different?..

That means that also the NSZ-GS7 will get the Jelly-Bean and Chrome updates this year?

As I mentioned before, I was planning to get the $49.95 NSG-MR7U Voice Remotes from the Sony Style Store... However I have found a similar remote from MELE that apparently also comes with voice and is cheaper ($37.97) than the Sony:

Again, NO ONE knows which devices will get the update. It's not up to Google to update them, it's up to the manufacturer. So Google can say whatever they want. If Sony says No, then the answer is No.
Also, there's been reports that the update was already given to the manufacturers so Google is really out of the decision if that is true.

Again, NO ONE knows which devices will get the update. It's not up to Google to update them, it's up to the manufacturer. So Google can say whatever they want. If Sony says No, then the answer is No.
Also, there's been reports that the update was already given to the manufacturers so Google is really out of the decision if that is true.

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While perhaps your answer is technically correct - IMO it is misleading. Sony already has a new GTV device that just recently passed through the FCC - it's called the NSZ-GU1 (not released yet).

So Sony obviously plans on sticking with the GTV platform. It would be a very bad decision business-wise if Sony were to abandon the NSZ-GS8 without updating it to Jellybean. Consumers would lose confidence in purchasing any new Sony GTV devices such as the upcoming NSZ-GU1. In fact not updating the NSZ-GS8 to Jellybean would create negative PR that tarnishes the entire Sony brand.

It's virtually a lock that the NSZ-GS8 will get the update.

Nobody knows for certain that the sun will rise tomorrow either - but it always does -

It's likely all Gen 2 devices will get the update because they all have the same hardware (LG might have some differences, but I'm not even sure that's true).

Btw, the 20th is the 5 year anniversary of android. Fingers crossed for some announcements for GTV and Nexus phones/watches (hopefully Verizon or I might drop my unlimited data since their service isn't that great).

While perhaps your answer is technically correct - IMO it is misleading. Sony already has a new GTV device that just recently passed through the FCC - it's called the NSZ-GU1 (not released yet).

So Sony obviously plans on sticking with the GTV platform. It would be a very bad decision business-wise if Sony were to abandon the NSZ-GS8 without updating it to Jellybean. Consumers would lose confidence in purchasing any new Sony GTV devices such as the upcoming NSZ-GU1. In fact not updating the NSZ-GS8 to Jellybean would create negative PR that tarnishes the entire Sony brand.

It's virtually a lock that the NSZ-GS8 will get the update.

Nobody knows for certain that the sun will rise tomorrow either - but it always does -

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Wow, you are putting all kinds of words in my mouth. Never said it wouldn't get the update. I said NO ONE KNOWS. That's it.

Thanks all for the information about the differences between the NSZ-GS7/NSZ-GS8 and the forthcoming Jellybean update!

Don't know if someone here has noticed, but Mardukeme mentioned that he just received Today a New Sony GoogleTV update release 11, that now his model number has changed and is listed as NSZ-GS7/GS8, but still on Firmware 3.2: